Garment protector and support



Aug. 16, 1938. c. R. FORD 2,127,024

GARMENT PROTECTOR AND SUPPORT Filed Sept. 3, 1957 135 NTOR Char/es B/ brd BY paw/2M Patented Aug. 16, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The device of the present invention is adapted to rest upon and cooperate with the conventional type of garment hanger, to the enclthat garments placed upon the hanger will be protected from 5 metal stain, or from splinters, etc., if the hanger is formed of wood. Ordinarily garment hangers are formed with an arched portion adapted to be fitted within the shoulders of the garment, while a metal hook is secured within the wooden portion to support the same in some convenient manner. The device of this invention is well adapted to protect garments, especially the finer silks, from contacting either the metal hook or the wooden shoulder support.

It is therefore a prime object of the present invention to provide an accessory to a garment hanger which is well adapted to protect garments from contact with metal or wooden portions thereof, to the end that the garment will not be stained or frayed.

An advantage of the invention resides in the extreme simplicity of the same, together with low cost of production and ease of application.

Other objects, features, and advantages of the invention may be observed from the accompanying drawing, the specification, and the subjoined claim.

In the drawing, of which there is one sheet:

Figure l is a utility view showing the device of this invention positioned upon and in cooperative relation with a conventional garment hanger.

Figure 2 is a plan view showing the finished card-board punching ready to be placed upon a garment support of the type shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an end View showing the arrangement disclosed in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a plan view of a blank before punching the card-board therefrom, the dotted outline showing the form the punching will take.

In the drawing the reference character ill indicates the device of this invention, which is shown in cooperative relation with a conventional type of garment hanger [2, having a hook [4 secured thereto.

The device or garment protector I is preferably formed of card-board, although it could of course be formed of celluloid or other suitable material. As shown in the several figures of the drawing, the garment protector is provided with a central body portion l5 having an extension 18 which is adapted to lay against the hook 14 to protect the garment and to shield it from contacting the metal hook l4.

Arms 20 and 22 extend laterally from the body I6 in such manner as to form a. shield, super-posed upon the hanger l 2 to protect garments, especially the more delicate fabrics from contacting the rough wood of the hanger l2, or from becoming stained by contacting metal, if the hanger should be formed of metal.

Of the previously mentioned arms 20 and 22, arms 20, as shown, extend outwardly and downwardly in a curved line from the extension I 8, and form the shoulder support for a garment placed thereon, while arms 22 extend laterally to intercept arms 20 and to be engaged in locked relation thereto by means of slots 24 through which the free ends 26 of the arms 22 are adapted to extend and be held in engagement therewith by means of notches 24a resting upon the lower edge of slot 24, see Figure l.

The body portion which is generally indicated by the reference character l6 may be more definitely defined as that central portion of the shield protector which lies between the edges 28 and 3!], and which extends vertically between the top surface 32 and the bottom surface 34.

If reference will now be made to the drawing it will be noted, particularly in Figures 1 and 3, that the central body portion It lies against or covers one of the sides of the hanger l2, while the arms 20 and 22 are slightly bowed in such manner as to encompass the support l2, after which as previously stated, the arms are locked together by inserting one of the notches 24a of arms 22 through slots 24 so that the selected notch rests over the lower edge of the slot as shown, thereby maintaining a positive yet readily disengaged connection between the arms 20 and 22.

In Figure 4 I show a blank from which the device of this invention is formed by the operation of punching the same out, with a pair of dies.

The punching which forms the device of this invention may be described as follows: That area lying within the line drawn from a point beginning as indicated by the numeral 50 and extending in an arc to point 5|, thence in a downwardly extending arc to the point 52, thence in a reversely bent curve to point 53, thence in an upwardly inclined arc to point 54, thence in an upward curve and are to point 55, thence downwardly to point 56, thence outwardly and down wardly in an arc to point 51, thence reversely to point 58, thence upwardly and reversely in an arc to point 59, thence upwardly to a point Bil, thence outwardly and downwardly in an arc and curve to point 6!, thence in an arc to point 62, thence reversely in a curve to point 63, thence upwardly in an arc to point 64, thence upwardly in an arc to the point of beginning.

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ber of arms grouped in pairs and joined by an intermediate body portion common to all of said arms, said arms extending laterally from said body portion and being provided with curvatures of different magnitude whereby said pairs of arms may intersect one another adjacent the ends thereof, certain of said arms being provided with slots, and certain others of said arms being provided with serrations whereby said arms may be deformed to engage one another and be in de- 10 tachable locked relation.

CHARLES R. FORD. 

